[Sean007223]

 

[F. Warren Zevon]

Does it have a model number anywhere?

My guess is that it is 9x18 Makarov, because other pictures I have seen say "9mm Parabellum", "9x19", or ."380", You can tell easy enough if it's .380 from the magazine size. Otherwise, to be sure, take it to a smith for measurements.

 

[gdmoody]

It says, right there above the picture, that it is Kal 9 Makarov which means 9x18.

 

[Pulsarnc]

The pa 63 is a 9 x18 or otherwise known as 9 mm markarov . I have been using one as a concealed carry for 20 years .

 

[Sean007223]

The pa 63 is a 9 x18 or otherwise known as 9 mm markarov . I have been using one as a concealed carry for 20 years .

Oh ok is there a reason my Hungarian FEG does not say pa 63 like some of the other Pa63

 

[Pulsarnc]

Need more pictures of actual gun . Both sides of frame please and the chamber end of barrel as seen thru ejection port , not just stock photos of gun off internet . Field strip and do a plunk test of a 9 x19 round . Betting it does not fit flush in chamber . Outside chance it is 380 but if so barrel will be marked on chamber end .

 

[Alpo]

There's no way it's a 9x19. That cartridge is too powerful for the gun. No one would make that gun in that chambering.

But his question was whether the gun was chambered in 9x18 or 9x17. 9x19 was never mentioned. Until your plunk test comment.

 

[F. Warren Zevon]

There's no way it's a 9x19. That cartridge is too powerful for the gun. No one would make that gun in that chambering.

But his question was whether the gun was chambered in 9x18 or 9x17. 9x19 was never mentioned. Until your plunk test comment.

FEG did make a 9x19, which is where OP's confusion arose.

 

[Pulsarnc]

My apologies to the group . What I meant to say was do the plunk test with the 9x18 round . If it is 380 it will NOT fit flush in the chamber. One of the 9x19 's that FEG built was much larger and more like a hi-power .

 

[F. Warren Zevon]

Oh ok is there a reason my Hungarian FEG does not say pa 63 like some of the other Pa63

Is that picture of your firearm, or just an internet pic? Can you provide other pictures? Take the grips off; see if there is anything marked under them. Look at the other side of the slide.

As others have pointed out, the picture says "Makarov" which is 9x18. A 9x18, therefore, should pass the "plunk test". https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/reloading-tips-the-plunk-test/99389